Abstract
We report on the inscription and characterization of narrow bandwidth fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) with 850-nm resonance wavelength in polymer optical fibers (POFs). We use two fibers: an in-house fabricated microstructured POF (mPOF) with relative hole size of 0.5 and a commercial step-index POF, which supports six modes at 850 nm. The gratings have been written with the phase-mask technique and a 325-nm HeCd laser. The mPOF grating has a full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) bandwidth of 0.29 nm and the step-index POF has a bandwidth of 0.17 nm. For both fibers, the static tensile strain sensitivity is measured to be 0.71 pm/με at 850 nm and 1.3 pm/με at 1550 nm.
Original language | English (US) |
---|---|
Article number | 5728843 |
Pages (from-to) | 660-662 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- Fiber Bragg grating (FBG)
- fiber-optic sensors
- polymer optical fiber
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering